Dec 03 Watch 3:18 News Wrap: China eases some COVID policies in several cities In our news wrap Saturday, former President Trump called for the Constitution to be "terminated" over unfounded allegations of 2020 election fraud, cities in China eased more COVID restrictions after protests, Iran announced construction of a new nuclear plant, volcanic… Continue watching
Dec 03 U.S. knocked out of World Cup with 3-1 loss to the Netherlands By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 6:16 U.S. advances to round of 16 at World Cup with 1-0 victory over Iran By Amna Nawaz In a must-win game, the U.S. defeated Iran to advance to the next round of the World Cup. The game's tension was matched only by tensions off the field. JJ Devaney, co-host of the soccer podcast Caught Offside, joined Amna… Continue watching
Nov 29 U.S. advances in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Christian Pulisic scored while crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper late in the 38th minute and the United States advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran. Continue reading
Nov 29 U.S., Iran face off in World Cup amid heightened political tensions By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press No matter the outcome, tensions are likely only to worsen in the coming months. Continue reading
Nov 29 Top Qatar official says ‘between 400 and 500’ workers died preparing for World Cup By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press A top Qatari official involved in preparing his country's hosting of the World Cup has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament "between 400 and 500" for the first time… Continue reading
Nov 27 Riots break out in Belgium, Netherlands after Morocco’s World Cup win By Raf Casert, Associated Press Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 2:57 News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases In our news wrap Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci called attention to two new subvariants of COVID-19 that now represent more than half of all U.S. cases, protestors in Shanghai clashed with police over China's restrictive COVID lockdowns, intense Russian shelling… Continue watching
Nov 27 Morocco beats Belgium 2-0, pulling off another World Cup upset By Gerald Imray, Associated Press Morocco pulled off yet another World Cup shock, and it was Belgium’s aging “Golden Generation” that took the hit this time. Continue reading
Nov 27 U.S. soccer briefly scrubs Islamic Republic emblem from Iran flag in support of protestors By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The U.S. soccer federation briefly displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations' World Cup match Tuesday. Continue reading